College men's health: an overview and a call to action.

@article{Courtenay1998CollegeMH,
  title={College men's health: an overview and a call to action.},
  author={Will H. Courtenay},
  journal={Journal of American college health : J of ACH},
  year={1998},
  volume={46 6},
  pages={
          279-90
        }
}
  • W. Courtenay
  • Published 1 May 1998
  • Education
  • Journal of American college health : J of ACH
For men of college age, the risks of disease, injury, and death are far greater than for women of the same age group, yet college men's health concerns receive little attention from health professionals. In this multidisciplinary overview, the author discusses college men's health risks, men's failure to adopt health-promoting behaviors, their propensity to engage in risky behaviors, their beliefs about manhood, their attitudes concerning their own vulnerability, and their limited knowledge… 
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